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What's your best feature?
What's your worst feature?

If you could change one thing about your body*, what would it be?

*Some of you (me for example) may be perfectly content with who you are and how you look. This is fine, I feel the same way. However, if you were able to change one thing, what would it be?

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  • My best feature is probably my eyes. Nice and wide, very blue.

    My worst feature would probably be my hair. It takes a good amount of hair goop to get it slathered into place. I have roughly 6 cow-licks (for those that don't know what a cow-lick is, it's where your hair kinda swirls or does differently from the rest of your hair)

    The one thing I would change would be my eyes. I have to wear contacts or glasses because my vision is so horrible. I hope to get Lasek done sometime this decade.
  • I look just like a movie star except for my teeth. I have never had a very nice set of chompers !

  • My best physical feature, I believe, are my eyes. I love having green eyes with just a touch of brown. The sad thing is that few people notice and think that they are totally brown because I have brown hair and toned skin.

    As for worst feature, I would have to say my speaking voice. It sounds so very different when I hear it on tape compared to show I think I sound in my head. Ick. I don't know how people stand me.
    • My best physical feature, I believe, are my eyes. I love having green eyes with just a touch of brown.

      Hey, I didn't post this! My eyes are "hazel" -- usually green with a brown ring around my pupil. BUT, they change color. It was freaky when I first noticed... when I'm happy, they go more blue, when I'm angry, they turn to that yellow-green of cat's eyes, and if I've been crying, they turn almost white. Ditto on the brown hair, but I'm so fair, it's not even funny. And ditto on the speaking voice. I just got used to it, I guess. I sound awful on tape, so I avoid voicemail like the plague!

      • I'm the same way. Hazel eyes that change color, but I haven't noticed it coinciding with mood, but rather the color of clothing I'm wearing. If I'm wearing green the turn almost emerald, if I'm wearing blue, they turn an aqua green, any dark color makes them more brown, and everything else the just stay hazel. I'll have to start paying more attention to my mood when they change. Maybe it IS correlated to mood, and I'm dressing accordingly and just assumed the eyes were reacting to the clothing.

        Also, everyone's voice sounds worse to them on tape than in their head. The odd thing is my singing voice and speaking voice are so different, the first time my mother heard me sing a solo in public, she didn't know it was me until the curtain opened.

        Oh, and to answer the journal question:
        Best physical trait: hair
        Worst physical trait: large frame
        I've always had great hair, and the majority of compliments I get are on my hair. I've also always been a large person, and I'm working very hard to change that, so I guess the one thing I would change would be to lose weight, and I am doing that. I did have bad teeth too, but braces took care of it.

        • I find that my eyes become more green if I dehydrate myself. Things like getting drunk or not drinking enough water (or both).

          Sucks too because I really like the way they look when that happens. I think thats the second thing I would change about myself. Make my eyes more green and less brown.
  • best physical feature, my eyes. Because they work great and allow me to see everything around me.

    Worst physical feature, my belly. Of curse that is slowing going away... so in a few months I'll have to update this answer.

    The one thing I would change, I am changing. I'm losing weight and getting back to my training physique. :)
  • Well except that I could stand to lose about 10 pounds, be in shape more, etc etc. In the end I'm not a really good judge of myself. Best feature? Dunno. Winning personality count? If not... sigh... I guess the fact that I'm tall (6'5"+). Although it is a pain in the ass as far as I care, everyone else seems to think being this tall is the coolest fucking thing. In the end I'd rather be about 6'1" or so. Tall but not so tall as to have trouble walking through some doorways and buying pants.

    I can probably think of a few dozen things I'd want to change about myself (inside and out). In the end I realize none of it will change so better to just hate myself and channel that into a wide-range misanthropy.
  • Okay. Maybe not. At first I thought that you meant things that are good/bad about you as a person, but that's hard, so I'm glad you mean physically.

    Best: My eyes. I like them. They're blue. And grey.

    Worst: That's a little trickier. So many things to choose from, but nothing really stands out as a worst. I don't particularly care for my abdomen, but I could lose 50 pounds and have ribs sticking out all over the place and it would still look like it does.

    If I could (and I can), I would change my upper arms. They're a bit less...umm...well-defined than I would like.
  • Well, I'd say that my best feature would be my eyes. Although I do get some compliments on the hear also, but yes, mostly the eyes.

    If I could change anything, I'd like to have to body of a 18 year old girl. Give me that, a full length mirror, and enough food and drink to last about a month, and I'd be fine and happy.

    *looks around*

    what?

  • This model's best feature has got to be its amazing resilience and resistance to disease. Also, the teeth are relatively white and straight and have saved me quite a bit on upgrades and maintenance.

    Unfortunately, over time the skin seems to be deteriorating and requires more and more daily maintenance. Also, some of the hair, while still shiny and wavy, seems to be losing its coloration. The manufacturer claims these defects are not covered by the warranty

    All in all, I'm pretty happy with superflippy 1.0. Though there are times that I wish I had purchased a slightly less fuzzy model.
  • This just in...A scientific study has determined that all people, when faced to quote their best feature claim that it is their eyes. One question remains: with all of these great eyes floating around, does anybody have ugly eyes? At this time, it is unknown why nobody stands up and shouts "I have a great ass!"
    • When I go without sleep for a long time, my eyes get all bloodshot. I don't know if I'd call them ugly, but it definitely freaks some people out.

      My Best Feature: my humility ;)
    • If it makes you feel better, I do have a great ass. I receive compliments on it almost daily. Unfortunately, most of said comments involve words and acts that would likely be caught by the /. filter ^_^
      • Phew! My faith in humanity is restored!
      • I do have a great ass. I receive compliments on it almost daily.

        We don't believe you. Where's the photographic evidence, damnit? :-) FWIW, mine is neither particularly good or bad (IMHO). It's just there! Unlike most around here, I don't particularly think I have nice eyes (although my other third disagrees). I quite like my forearms, and I used to like my hair (I had lots of it). Sadly, as I'm getting older it's thinning out quite alarmingly. Ah well, such is the unrelenting march of time. Oh, my eyes (in terms of vision that is) both suck and are great at the same time. I'm short sighted, which sucks, but my close up vision is significantly better than other people, which comes in handy at times.

        • We don't believe you. Where's the photographic evidence, damnit? :-)

          If you want proof of my great ass, you'll just have to come to Canada and see me on stage then ^_^
          • If you want proof of my great ass, you'll just have to come to Canada and see me on stage then ^_^

            Was hoping to make it back to Vancouver/Whistler this month, but money and various other things mean it'll probably have to wait until next year :-( On stage? In what capacity? Singing? Playing guitar? Acting? Entertaining small children with your outlandish magic show? Something else entirely? Just curious...

            • To satiate your unending curiosity (first my ass, now this...), I'm a writer/performer/improviser on a quest to get hired by The Second City. In short, I'm a comedian ^_^

              Oh, and Vancouver (however lovely) would be a couple of provinces away from where I perform in the city that the rest of Canada loves to hate. For you non-Canadians, that would be Toronto. My next thing is a short play on Jan 29th. E-mail me if you like; we shouldn't clutter up this nice journal ^_~
    • I've been told I have nice eyes, but they are just your standard 'brown cow eyes'.

      I can't play this game. Dunno what my best or worst feature is... at least not physically.

  • I'm general happy with my physical body. I was very athletic as a youth and that has carried over nicely to 20something adulthood. I'm gaining a little weight but nothing that is preventing me from wearing the clothes I like or performing the phyiscal activities that I enjoy.

    Other people say my pleasant smile is first thing they remember about me. Personally, I get a lot of enjoyment from my sexual oragans specially when enjoyed with other people so I like them a lot. Sounds simple, I know but think about it.

    I wish I could do something about my brain, specifically my memory. I seem to be forgetting a lot of pleasant memories from childhood. I wish this would stop. I don't want to forget anything.

  • Lessee, my best features would have to be a three way tie between my hands, lips and eyes. Worst feature would have to be a slightly too high bf%, which leads to question three...what to change..luckily enough, I have full control over what I consider my worst feature, so a lowered bf% it is.

    Also, about most people chooseing eyes as thier best feature. I agree whole heartedly (it's also my favorite feature in others). That is something that you cannot fake (even with color contacts, though color contacts are good in thier own right ;). The cliche that eyes are the windows to the soul is very, very true.
  • There is nothing "best" or "worst on me. I just learned to accept my body how it is. I'm not really handsome, but I'm not really ugly. Despite what people told me at highschool (everyone told me I was ugly, kids are cruel!). It took me a while to get back self-confidence about my own apperance.
    Besides, not many people are really ugly. If you look positively at people, there is always something pretty in them.
    Of course, when I was at highschool, I knew a girl a few classes under me that got a deep-fryer over her when she was a kid. She truly looked like a deep-fried sausage! I tried to imagine her without the scars, and I can tell you she would have been gorgeous! Anyways, she made up her unsighlyness with on of the sweetest and positive characters I've ever met.

    Of course, if I really get to choose I'd love to be like my cousin Tom. If he goes into a room all women just ogle at him. He can choose any girl he wants! (Oh, and you should hear his sex-stories, they are just incredible) He never ever had a girlfriend that wouldn't look great on a catwalk... no kidding! It's just irritating. But he's my best beer-buddy :-)

    • Besides, not many people are really ugly. If you look positively at people, there is always something pretty in them.
      I would go so far as to say that you don't even need that positive outlook. The majority of people look good or good enough.
      • Yes, you are right. I added that because so many people have some preconceptions like "old==ugly", or "fat==ugly". Well, I do not agree on those ones. If more people start to see the beauty of people as they are, we would live in a better world.
  • What I like about myself...it's a tie. I'm torn between my eyes (left one's a little greener than the right one, which is blue. It really shows up when I cry) and my chest (ok, it's egotistical - but 36C rocks!) Oooh, and my toes are cute! Hey...you asked.

    I hate: my butt, my stomach, my thighs, and my jaw (it grew a little crooked. nobody knows but me, and all of you since I've brought it up)

    So the one thing I would change would be the fact that no matter how hard I try, I can't change the above hated body parts. Shrug.

    Other than that, I'm a babe. *smirk*

    • ok, it's egotistical - but 36C rocks!

      I agree with this post!

      Sorry I had to.
    • my jaw (it grew a little crooked. nobody knows but me, and all of you since I've brought it up)

      Oh yeah, I forgot about that. My jaw's wonky from where I fell off a bike as a child, and landed on my face :-) Oh, and for some reason, in the last year or so, I've acquired a bald spot on my chin, which means I have to shave more often. Growing a beard, or even just stubble, looks really dumb when there'e a circle of bare skin in the middle of it. No, I don't have a clue why it's happened...

  • Best feature: probably my eyes - light blue.
    Worst feature: my teeth, bit mucky-looking.

    What would I change? Easy - I want my hair back! It's not fair - I started to lose it at the tender age of 26! Turns out it's probably my mother's faults, as her three brothers all started losing their hair when they were in their twenties, so I got the hair-loss gene from her. :)

    Oh, and there's the small matter of my having a fair bit of white hair already! And that's not work-induced, in fact it started back in my teens! :(

    Whilst we're on the subject, I have a few notable scars. One is a small round mark on my forehead from when I had chicken-pox as a child, and ignored the warnings about picking at scabs. Then there's a small bald area on the right side of my head, reputedly from the doctor having to apply the forceps to my bonce to get me out into the world. :) And last one is a nice scar on my right knee on when I was in plaster for a month or so after being knocked down by a car (at a traffic crossing, of all places! Driver failed to see the light had changed, subsequently got jail plus loss of their drivers licence, plus a hefty fine).
  • But on second thought, I really have a great ass :)


    Worst feature: the hair. I never have good hair days. Only bad ones.

  • I like my height. I'm exactly 6 foot which means anybody noticeably taller than me is freakishly tall and anybody shorter than me wishes they weren't.

    I would change my build right now I've got a trim build. I don't look anorexic but I could stand to gain a few pounds. I have hazel eyes like LadyGardian and KshGoddess for those at home keeping score.
  • i would definitely change the beefy, upward-pointing man-titties hanging from my chest.

    on the other hand, they go pretty well with my wide, prominent ass.
  • i am slow with message retrieval.

    best? i don't know. maybe that i have a relatively pleasant facial bone structure. i also like my eyes, which usually look grayish blue, but sometimes look green. but as has been said, eyes have been used too much.

    worst? tough to decide. i'd like to lose maybe 5 or 10 pounds, or better yet, lose 5 lbs and convert those other 5 pounds to muscle tone. i'm probably between meso and ectomorph and weigh 170 lbs at about 1/4 inch shy of six feet. so if i just lost the weight i might go back to being freakishly skinny (again! for a long time i was the same height but only about 135 pounds). i also have very thin ankles and wrists. i have some pretty crooked teeth, but the top teeth have been bonded and it doesn't show so much.
  • My best would be a tie between my hair, eyes or facial structure. A lot of people from the east who have last names that sound like "Wong" usually have relatively flat faces & squinty eyes compared to caucasians. I could be wrong on that. However, my face tends to have a bit of a brow above my eyes, & my eyes aren't that squinted. My hair is slightly curley/wavey, so it's easier to style. It's pretty grey for a 29 year old & people are slightly concerned, but I'd say that grey hair is a bonus.

    I think that these things are important to making that 1st impression.

    My worst feature would have to be my nose, ears, or teeth [or jaw]. My nose is too big. 1 of my Sunday school students once asked out of genuine curiosity, "Eugene, how come you have such big nostrils?". Ouch! It didn't offend me though. My ears are uneven. In fact my whole body is uneven. My teeth don't fit well in my jaw, because it's probably too small. I can't decide which is the worse; maybe the nose?

    Over all, I'm quite content with what I have. That's why I was debating about posting in this journal entry.

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